Recovery Plus Podcast: F*ck Yesterday, Focus on Today

Meghan started a full-blown alcohol addiction at the age of 15. She started recovery at the age of 25 after entering rehab.  Meghan now has almost 18 years of long-term sobriety.   Her personal experience getting sober and starting recovery has been an incredible journey.   She experienced very painful times, especially when she was getting healthy, and family members were not. Meghan learned the...

Melissa was addicted to sugar from childhood until her 30’s.  She discusses how sugar took her down and ways nutrition replaced her cravings and how she changed herself from the inside out.  Sugar is powerful and addictive.  Many may think that sugar is really no big deal compared to drugs or alcohol.  However, I encourage you to listen to Melissa’s story, as it overlaps emotions and struggles wit...

Richard Capriola has had two main careers.  One in education, and the second in mental health and substance use counseling. Richard was a mental health and substance use counselor for over two decades, then an addiction counselor for over a decade at the Menninger Clinic in Houston, Texas; which is ranked as US News & World Report’s #8th Best Hospital in psychiatry in the country in 2021-2022....

Michele Rose is T. Rose, author, activist, business woman, and is a fierce advocate for recovery. She brings a lifetime of study experience to her research and writing, some of the most dramatic learning she received came from the ten years living on the streets in addiction. Twenty years in recovery, Michele Rose, has completely built a life that she can be proud of; she also runs a non-profit, a...

Tahtianna Fermin is a fierce advocate and provider of services for transgender and non-conforming young adults in Hackensack, NJ and in NYC.  She wears multiple hats, such as, ordained minister, aspiring model, and Founder / CEO for the non-profit Bridges4Life.  Tahtianna offers insights and the struggles into the Transgender Non-Conforming Community and ways to reduce stigma and how she is making...

Part 1 of 2 Rock Bottom and the arc of Treatment – A personal journey – Dr. Wayne Thurston This is a two part series addressing “What is Rock Bottom?”  Dr. Wayne Thurston is a co-founder and board member of a drug treatment facility, Olympia House, Sonoma Recovery Services, LLC.  located in Petaluma, California.  Dr. Thurston shares his own experience with meth addiction and the arc of treatment m...

Part 2 of 2 Shit was hard:  Being gay, homeless, and locked down during the start of COVID – Rory S. Rory S. shares his personal battle with addiction, sexuality, and his experience finding hope in recovery as a way of life. Rory lives in Palm Springs, and works in the field of addiction, tirelessly helping others in the LGBTQIA2+ community to find their way out of their Rock Bottom. DISCLAIMER: T...

Isabelle Z. is an author based in California, and a woman who went beyond cancer, by accepting death to live with grace and acceptance.  Her mindset was focusing on dying consciously.  Listen to her extraordinary journey.   DISCLAIMER: The statements contained in the podcast and episodes are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or provide therapy.  Should you be in crisis, dial 9-1-1 or an emerg...

Welcome to RecoveryPlusPodcast:  F*ck yesterday, Focus on Today!  Why focus on today?  It’s all we really have….this very moment.    Being present is powerful.  On my podcast, we will hear stories from a variety of folks who have moved through their past and who are truly trying to live in the present as authentically as possible.    Guests on this podcast are folks in the field of addiction, thos...